Sketchy3032
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Mao
Tank | Protector | Meat Shield
A Fate’s Tale:
(WIP—I’m legit looking things up about New York Chinatown history—but yeah, she’s a protector spirit and Hu Ye's disciple summoned to protect that town from the growing anti-Chinese sentiment and criminal organizations—Making her known as “The Great Wall of Chinatown”. Basically Ivy to Spanish Harlem, but it’s an everyday struggle. For now, her motive for joining the ritual is that a growing criminal organization that originated in mainland China has been seeping its way into America and the community that fled it in the first place, and it's up to her to keep it at bay, and even dismantle it for good. Again, like Ivy. Though I'm looking into Kung Fu movies for inspiration.)
Playstyle:
- Straight up meat-shield. Your job is to jump into incoming enemy attacks and shield your teammates with nothing but your own body—and punish everyone who gets and stays close to you and your protectee. Enemy heroes would have to focus fire or outmanuever you to get to your teammates, and you have to rapidly reposition accordingly. You would be harmless and easily focus-fired alone given your severe lack of ranged damage and evasion, so it's best you stick close to someone and catch every damage coming their way instead. She would actually be bewildered if you managed to pull a Killstreak with her.
Stats:
- Ridiculously high HP, regen, and both bullet and spirit resists, but low damage, move speed, sprint speed, and sliding distance.
- Only 2 stamina.
Spirit Power Impact:
- Ground Pound damage and knockback strength.
- Keen Senses duration and range.
- Rooting Stance duration.
- Bullet and Spirit Resist (Like Venator)
- Max HP
- HP regen (Like Victor)
Model:
- Just as tall, but also slightly wider than Abrams.
- Anthro Tiger (She’s a summoned spirit anyway—why go through all the trouble of designing her to have a tiger motif if I can just make her into an actual tiger? Though, I am debating whether or not to turn her into a more humanoid one who happens to be wearing a tiger mask instead.)
- Strongman build (Like Hafthor Bjornsson. Though I am also debating whether or not to make her fatter—To further drive home how immovable she is, and in reference to Sammo Hung.)
- Basically Master Tigress' outfit in Kung Fu Panda 3, for now (I'm still trying to figure out how to translate 90s Hip-hop fashion into the game's 40s noir setting and aesthetic, let alone mix it into Shaolin Monk robes)
Dash Animation:
- Shaolin-style Acrobatics
Weapon: Fist of Fury
- Literally just her right fist (Punching air causes spectral fists to fly out)
- Paige x Drifter normal (large and fast flying projectile but limited range)
- Combo animation: Straight > Hook > Uppercut - While her other hand is in her pocket
- Reload animation: Shaking her hand while taking a puff of her pipe with the other (Like Infernus)
Unique Quirks:
- Heavy Melee cooldown and wind-up times are halved (Like Billy’s light melee)
- Light and heavy melee attacks lead into different combo animations (Bajiquan fighting style)
Abilities
1: Ground Pound
- "Tiger style!"
- Crouch and punch the ground, knocking up and pushing enemies away. Knockback strength increases based on enemy closeness.
- Billy Bashdown + Venator Gutshot
- Short cooldown
- Medium range
- Tier 1: Shorter cooldown
- Tier 2: Increased knockback strength
- Tier 3: Stuns enemies hitting walls for a very short duration (Like Venator Gutshot and Doorman Luggage Cart)
2: Keen Senses
- Reveal enemy information above their heads to you and nearby teammates
- Starting with ability cooldowns
- Short cooldown
- Medium range and duration
- Tier 1: Highlight enemy ability charges
- Tier 2: Highlight enemy item cooldowns
- Tier 3: Highlight enemies through walls
3: Rooting Stance
- Activate to fully protect yourself from crowd control abilities and items (Counterspell-style, but without needing to parry) for a duration. A charge is consumed instead (3 Charges)
- Medium cooldown and duration
- Tier 1: Cooldown decrease and duration increase
- Tier 2: Additional charges
- Tier 3: Activates unstoppable and extends duration for a few seconds if a charge is consumed
4: The Great Wall
- Passive
- Enemy gun and ability projectiles magnetize towards you (Like a twisted aim-assist—Its influence is resisted based on the projectile’s velocity)
- Prevents penetrating attacks from passing through you. (They just get deleted, and Shiv would stop in his tracks upon hitting you)
- Stops “carrier” attacks from carrying you. (They just get deleted, and Abrams would stop in his tracks Doorman's Luggage Cart would just get deleted upon hitting you)
- Fully absorbs enemy AoE abilities and items (Damage and debuff magnitude and duration are multiplied into you based on how many teammates are in the AoE. Total damage is resisted, instead of individual)
- Causes enemy lock-on and auto-target guns, abilities, and items to always target you if you're in range and view (ignoring your targeted teammates outright).
- Tier 1: Better Bullet and Resist Spirit
- Tier 2: Reduced combined debuff duration and effect
- Tier 3: Activate basically Cheat Death for a several seconds upon taking lethal damage (Long cooldown, but not longer than Victor ult, and also long duration)
Misc
- Unique friendly hero comments upon her catching projectiles and AoE attacks.
Again, don't worry fellas. I know how absolutely ridiculous she would be if she was ever added in the game.
I'm operating purely on 'the rule of cool' with her.
Oh, and whoever gets the reference of her typeface gets a cookie.
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